Jack Ritchie's book, Understanding Naturalism, was published by Acumen publishers.

Paul Smit wins Keswick Prize for Lucidity

April 2009

Paul Smit, who has completed his Honours in Philosophy, has been awarded the 2008 Keswick Prize for Lucidity. This annual University-wide award, sponsored by Sir Chips Keswick, is made to a fourth-year or Honours student, who has been judged to have written the most lucid essay on a technical subject without recourse to jargon.

The essay was nominated by Dr Elisa Galgut, for whose course Paul wrote the winning essay.

Previous Philosophy winners of the prize include Grant Harrison in 2005 and Greg Fried in 1996.

Department to host Annual Postgraduate Philosophy Conference

January 2009

The Philosophy Department will host the Fourth Annual Conference of the Postgraduate Philosophy Association of South Africa (PPA) in 2009. Further details are available here.

New Philosophy Department website launched

November 2008

The Philosophy Department's new website goes live today. The website was designed and produced by Honours student, Ross Van der Linde, to whom we extend our thanks.